United States and Central America
Subtitle: geopolitical realities and regional fragility
By: Mark B. Rosenberg, Luis G. Solís.
Contributors: Solís Rivera, Luis Guillermo.
Series: Contemporary inter-American relations series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415958349; 9780415958356
Subjects: Geopolitics.; Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: List of tables; value: Preface; value: Acknowledgements; value: List of abbreviations; value: Introduction; value: Central America and the United States in the post Cold War; value: Premises and challenges; value: A region of diversity; value: Is the past prologue to the future?; value: Introduction; value: From hegemonic predominance to relative autonomy; value: Contention, repression and underdevelopment; value: From authoritarian contention to democratic promotion; value: The invasion of Panama; value: Love in times of neglect: the 1990s; value: Introduction; value: The Bush administration: adjusting to pragmatism; value: Benign neglect; value: An age of decreasing expectations; value: The alliance for sustainable development; value: The joint declaration Central America-USA (CONCA-USA); value: Clinton and Hurricane Mitch; value: A new president Bush; value: Foreign policy dilemmas in the post-Cold War era: new challenges, old responses?; value: Introduction; value: Security: old and new priorities; value: The democracy challenge; value: Social and economic issues; value: Migration; value: The economy and trade; value: The environmental challenge; value: The United States, Central America and the rest of the hemisphere; value: Conclusion; value: CAFTA: a case study in intermestic politics; value: Introduction; value: Trade policy making in the US and Central America; value: CAFTA; value: New battle lines formed: the challenges; value: The response: campaigning for CAFTA; value: Ratification pending/dilemma ongoing; value: Scenarios and options for the 21st century: striving for relevance in the global era; value: Introduction; value: Positive/negative issues in the immediate post-Cold War experience; value: Lesson 1; value: Lesson 2; value: Lesson 3; value: Lesson 4; value: Lesson 5; value: Lesson 6; value: What is required to bring about a more thoughtful relationship between the US and Central America?; value: Endnotes.